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The reminder tool is already in your software
Workshops, clinics, vets, brokers and property managers all have it built in. Set it up once and it runs by itself.
Problems / Keeping the diary full
How to remind customers when they're due back
Your records already know when each customer is due back — for a service, a check-up, a renewal, an inspection. Most businesses never send the reminder.
13 industries · prices checked 27 July 2026
What to know
Let people book straight from the reminder
A reminder with a booking link gets more bookings than one that says 'call us' — people book at 9pm when your desk is closed.
Message the most overdue people first
Every business has a backlog of overdue customers. They book at a much higher rate than anyone an ad can reach.
Plumbers: make a date from your records
Plumbing has no yearly service, so use what's on file — like the age of the hot water system you installed. They fail at 8 to 12 years.
How to implement this today
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Find the reminder feature in your software — it's called recalls, service reminders or renewals, and most industry systems have it.
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Turn it on, and put a booking link in the message.
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Send to the overdue backlog first, most overdue first.
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No built-in due dates? Make one from your records — like the install age of equipment you fitted.
The fixes, industry by industry
10 of the 13 industries already own a fix for this.
Pick your trade and this rewrites itself in its words, its tools, its prices.
Already in software you pay for · 10 fixes
A setting inside a product you already license. Check your plan.
Free, but you set it up · 1 fix
No new subscription — a template, a habit, or a free tier.
Costs money · 3 fixes
A real bill. Prices as checked in each source guide.
When not to solve this with software
Your due list converts better than any audience you can buy. Buying ads before the reminders are switched on is money spent in the wrong order.
Buying leads while your vehicle list sits unreminded. — auto repair guide
Every car in your system is due back on a knowable date. Paid leads before the reminder engine is switched on is buying strangers while your own customers drift to the workshop up the road.
Buying new-patient leads while the recall backlog sits unworked. — dental guide
The overdue and lapsed lists convert at multiples of any ad audience because those people already chose you. Paid acquisition before backlog reactivation is buying strangers while ignoring friends.
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